The financial support that HBCUs have been receiving lately from major corporations has been a beautiful thing to see. Companies from an array of different industries have been very generous in the gifts given to our beloved institutions. The latest ...
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Check out this video from Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky!
Kentucky State University graduates reflected on their academic journey through the pandemic and the road ahead for them after graduation during the Spring 2021 Bacc ...
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Check out this video from Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina!
Learn more about Bennett College by visiting http://www.bennett.edu today!
ABOUT BENNETT COLLEGE
Bennett College is a small, private, historically Black liberal arts ...
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Check out this video from Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana!
Actor and producer Denzel Washington delivers the 2015 commencement address at Dillard University, a private liberal arts HBCU located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
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Check out this video from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida!
Catch President Larry Robinson's, Ph. D., opening remarks for the Inaugural Soul of Southside Festival Official Kickoff Celebration.
An evening of inspiration, co ...
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Check out this video from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida!
"Freedom, freedom!" was the cry that resounded throughout Leon County on May 20, 1865. FAMU's Office of Communications spoke with Annie Delories Sloan, a descendan ...
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Check out this video from Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama!
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY 2021 SPRING COMMENCEMENT
Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama
Speaker: Bakari Sellers, CNN Political Analyst, attorney, activist ...
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Check out this video from Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama!
Guest Speaker and Oath of Office presented by: Major General Kevin Vereen, Commanding General United States Army Recruiting Command. ...
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HBCU Graduate Launches DuBlase Whiskey in 32 States Across the U.S., Offering a New Small Batch Whiskey Just in Time for Summer 2021
FAMU alumni and black entrepreneur launches online and in select retail stores in 32 states across the U.S. with t ...
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On May 21st, Mark A. Malveaux and his wife, Dawn, will be gifting $1,000,000 to Southern University, their undergraduate alma mater. The gift will support academic scholarships to talented business students and general programming in the College of B ...
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Edward Waters College (EWC) announced today that it will establish the A. Philip Randolph Institute for Law, Race, Social Justice and Economic Policy in the coming months pursuant to a multi-year six figure grant from the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund. The ...
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Check out this video from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida!
Join us on Thursday, May 20, 2021 for the ATL vs. DMV #FAMUVerzuzBattle ...
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Check out this video from Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, Mississippi!
Healthcare providers take an oath to care for others in need without bias. At Coahoma, our students, faculty, and staff experience and are called to contribute t ...
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Check out this video from Lincoln University -Pennsylvania in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania!
May 21, 2021 @ 1pm ...
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It's a sad day for the comedy community and comedy fans all over the world. Trailblazing comedian, actor, and writer Paul Mooney passed away this morning at the age of 79. Mooney was known for his outspoken, witty, and blunt comedy that covered every ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2021 at 3:25PM
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SOURCE: Brian Howard of FAMU News
The Florida Senate recently confirmed seven members of the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees (FAMU BOT). Of those, five trustees are FAMU alumni, and for the first time in the BOT’s current configuration, a ...
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Fisk University announced today the single largest gift from a Nashville family since Fisk’s inception in 1866. The $2.5 million gift from Amy and Frank Garrison will be utilized for both the establishment of an Endowed Chair in recognition of Diane ...
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Adults today often agonize over their financial situation and how it is negatively impacting their lives. How did they get there? How did their credit score plummet and how do they climb out of the hole they have dug for themselves? Does it really ta ...
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Battelle is expanding its long-standing commitment to increasing diversity and fostering inclusion within Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers by investing $200,000 over two years to provide students from Bowie State University an ...
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Margaret Nyamumbo has made history as the first Black entrepreneur to have her coffee brand, Kahawa 1893, sold in Trader Joe's grocery stores across the country. As a third-generation coffee farmer from Kenya, she knew firsthand the injustices women ...
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As graduation caps and gowns are donned this year, some students unfortunately find their needs outstrip their abilities to walk the stage and collect their diplomas with unpaid debt preventing some from being able to finish the last mile—just before ...
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Target, a longstanding donor and partner of UNCF, will make higher education more affordable this fall for 1,000 first-year Black students at more than a dozen public and private historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) through need-based ...
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UNCF (United Negro College Fund), the nation's leading advocate for the importance of minority education and community engagement, today announced a new initiative designed to help students who left college before graduating to re-enroll in a network ...
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Megan Faux, The Teaching Goddess, Founder and Executive Director of The 25 Dream Campaign, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation has launched a new initiative – monthly grants for kids. It’s called The 25 Dreams Source of Light Grant, specifically for yo ...
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